Thick ends dipped in snow then water, held until frozen together, occasionally using forked sticks as support until stuck, a tense moment when taking them away, breathing on the stick first to release it

A sort of drumming machine. The spin frequencies of a train of gears are randomly sampled, mixed, and synchronized to generate a nonrepeating rhythmic pattern. The pattern is heard as the water dripping into the buckets from the ends of tentacles.